Sleeping Beauty – A Musical Fairy Tale

Steffen Tast was born in 1965 in Berlin.

After studying violin at the Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler” Berlin in 1987, he became a member of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB). In the same year, his interest in contemporary music led him to the chamber ensemble “Kammerensemble Neue Musik” Berlin (KNM).

In recent years, he has been appearing increasingly as a conductor. Initially, the focus was on working with KNM Berlin. This was followed by invitations as a conductor with the Ensemble Oriol, the Kammerakademie Potsdam, the Ensemble Modern, and the Ensemble Ascolta Stuttgart. Since 2005 he has been regularly conducting chamber orchestra concerts with members of the RSB and their orchestra academy, and also symphony concerts as part of the family- and school student concerts of the orchestra since 2014. In his home village of Klein Leppin in north-western Brandenburg, he was one of the initiators of the project “Dorf macht Oper” (“Village makes opera”) in 2005 and has since been its musical director.

Steffen Tast is involved as mentor in the orchestra academy of the RSB.

Juri Tetzlaff was born on July 13, 1972, in Karlsruhe. His father is a cellist, and his mother is a singer. Alongside his studies in “Society and Business Communication” at the Berlin University of the Arts, he began his television career in 1994 as the host of the youth program “X-Base – Der Computer Future Club” on ZDF. In the same summer, he took over the presentation of the holiday programs on ARD and ZDF. In 1997, he became the founding presenter of the children’s channel KiKA and has since been a constant face of the channel.

He hosts live broadcasts, shows, informational formats, reports, and comedy, and showcased his acting talent in the “Beutolomäus Stories.” Currently, Juri Tetzlaff brings millions of children to bed every evening as the host of “KiKA Baumhaus” with the Sandman, leads the craft program “Mit-Mach-Mühle,” and works as a reporter for the media and film magazine “TRICKBOXX.” In addition to his work as a presenter, he produces his own TV segments with his company “dreamteam.media” and writes scripts for the “Tigerenten Club” (ARD) and the quiz show “1, 2 oder 3” (ZDF).